From left to right: AASA President Professor John Doyle, Conference director Dr Liz Brogden (UQ) and collaborator Owen Cafe (Blaklash).
The Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia (AASA) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) are delighted to announce that a consortium from Magandjin-Brisbane, led by the University of Queensland, has been awarded the 2026 ACSA x AASA International conference. The announcement was made during the AASA Special Event at BVN Brisbane Studio on 24 Oct 2024.
In total, we received two strong submissions for this call. The submissions were reviewed by a panel comprised of members of the AASA and ACSA executives.
The winning proposal, entitled “Catalyst” will ignite conversations about climate change across traditionally disconnected disciplinary, cultural, and generational domains. The purpose is to break out of ‘architecture-only’ thinking, connect with allied professions, and position the crucial importance of education as lifelong, iterative learning. The conference will attract academics, practitioners, and students across Built Environment disciplines to catalyse a coherent narrative across five conference tracks: (1) Climate and Education led by AASA, (2) Climate and Culture led by UQ, (3) Climate and Technology co-led by QUT and Building 4.0 CRC and (4) Climate and Place co-led by Suburban Futures and Brisbane Open House. A fifth First Nations-led track will weave its way through all conference tracks, (5) Climate and Justice led by Blaklash.
“The panel were extremely impressed with the depth and rigour of the submission and the breadth of stakeholders and supporters the school has drawn into the proposal” said the AASA President, Associate Professor John Doyle, “the conference is a platform for architectural and urban design-based propositions – completed exemplars and critical scenarios for possible futures”.
The AASA and ACSA are extremely excited by the proposal and look forward to working with all partners to the bid to bring this generational event to life
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